Choices

Private studio c. 1978

I've admired Philip Johnson's work and had the chance to visit New Canaan. The piece above has been a favorite of mine, but I was unaware until I arrived that Johnson and his partner David Whitney had a change of mind later on and repainted it a more muted brown. Not to pass judgement on these two aestheticians but I find myself partial to the original design intent. Interesting too, the guide discussed that Johnson never had the desire to modernize or modify any of the buildings he created on his property over all those years. Case in point, the sculpture house has become a beautiful decaying relic. We were told the private studio was one of his most used structures in the compound and I wonder what brought on the change of heart? So be it.

Private studio today

Annus Duos

After two years the pace of blogging has mellowed a bit, well maybe a bit more. Part of this is the energy required to produce content, and one can not blog all day. One needs a day job as well. Since the contrarian is not a social networker we still plan to waste our time on the blog as a means to explore our existence... So onto year three.